Departmental Scholarship Program

Program of Excellence Scholarships in the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering are awarded on the basis of academic merit to University of Oklahoma chemical engineering students.

• These scholarships typically provide $1,500 per year for up to four years. The scholarship is a cash award made directly to the student recipient in the form of checks for $750 at the beginning of each fall and spring semester.
• Requirements for receipt of the scholarship are full-time enrollment in chemical engineering and maintenance of a 3.25 curriculum grade point average.
• Scholarships are available to both domestic and international students. Scholarships are awarded on an annual basis.
• Applications are due March 1 each year for consideration for the following semester.
• Funding for awards in the Program of Excellence is made possible by donors to both the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering and the University of Oklahoma College of Engineering.
• Approximately half of the awards are made possible by endowments established by alumni and friends of the University, and the other half is provided by generous annual contributions by corporations and alumni through the Keys for Excellence and Associates Programs.

Rules for Maintaining Good Standing in the CBME Program of Excellence

It gives us great pleasure to be able to provide merit scholarships to deserving students through the Program of Excellence. There are many more deserving students in chemical engineering than CBME can support on the scholarship program. Thus, it would be unfair to our students not on the program to continue to fund students who are not meeting minimum grade point requirements for the program or who are avoiding the difficult courses essential to their eventual graduation. It is necessary, therefore, to establish some rules for maintaining good standing in the Program of Excellence.

1. A student awarded a Program of Excellence Scholarship must have a major in chemical engineering and be taking coursework appropriate to normal progress through the chemical engineering curriculum. A PoE member may receive up to four years of PoE scholarship support.

2. A student who transfers to another major will be dropped from the PoE scholarship program. Any deviations from the chemical engineering curriculum must be approved by the director of the Program of Excellence.

3. A student awarded a PoE scholarship must meet dual criteria of academic performance and evidence of significant participation in extracurricular student activities.

4. Each PoE member must complete and return a PoE renewal form each spring semester.

5. Students receiving PoE scholarship support must maintain a cumulative OU GPA of at least 3.25 and enroll in at least 12 hours of coursework per semester. Seniors who are in their last semester prior to graduation will be allowed an exception to the 12 hour minimum requirement.

6. A student whose cumulative OU GPA falls below 3.25 will be immediately placed on probation. While on probation the student will continue to receive scholarship support as long as all other PoE conditions are met and the student’s semester GPA is 3.25 or above.

7. A student on probation who fails to achieve a semester GPA of 3.25 or above will be dropped from the PoE scholarship program.

8. A student will be removed from probation when the cumulative OU GPA becomes 3.25 or above.

Questions about the Program of Excellence may be addressed to:
Lea Ann Quirk
325-4393
lquirk@ou.edu